Get all the latest news on coronavirus and more delivered daily to your inbox. Sign up here. When the coronavirus first started to spread from its origins in China earlier this year, the widely preached consensus was that it did not infect – or at least did not gravely harm – children and young adults. However,… Read More »
The increasing use of apps provided by the Department of Veterans Affairs is meant to improve access to patient health and benefits information in convenient digital platforms. However, members of Congress are worried that this electronic data is vulnerable. “When a veteran downloads an app from the VA’s app store, how much personal information does… Read More »
By Jessica Hamzelou A study of people with the new coronavirus in two Wuhan hospitals identified risk factors for deaths due to the diseaseFei Maohua/Xinhua News Agency/PA Images People who have the new coronavirus are most likely to die if they are older or show signs of sepsis or blood clotting problems. That’s according to… Read More »
According to statistics released in 2019, Alzheimer’s disease — the most common form of dementia for which there is no effective conventional treatment or cure — affects an estimated 5.8 million Americans,1 up from 5.4 million in 2016. Progression of Alzheimer’s disease varies, but often begins with short-term memory lapses that later progress to speech… Read More »
In both pregnant and postpartum women, social isolation contributes to risk for and exacerbation of depressive symptoms. Many women in this setting turn to the internet and social media as a means of securing support and information. Previous studies, mostly carried out in adolescents and young adults, have shown that social media use is associated… Read More »
As a result of having sex to drinking coffee to blowing your nose, the risk of rupturing a brain aneurysm could temporarily be increased. Researchers revealed 8 key triggers which seem to raise the risk of intracranial aneurysm, a weakness within the wall of a blood vessel in the brain that commonly results in it… Read More »
According to an USDA Agricultural Research Service nutrient composition analysis of standard large eggs, one large egg has an average amount of 185 mg cholesterol, which is 14% lower than previously recorded. It was also revealed that there is now 41 IU of vitamin D in large eggs, a 64% increase. Samples of standard large… Read More »